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CurrentPossession of acknowledgement of wager
Part 11Criminal responsibility and evidence
Division 2Evidence
289 Possession of acknowledgement of wager
(1)
The existence of anything that may reasonably be construed as an acknowledgement of a wager is evidence of the existence of a wager and an undertaking to pay a sum of money to the holder of the thing on the happening or performance of an event or contingency.
(2)
A person in possession of a thing construed as an acknowledgement of a wager is presumed to be the holder of it.
(3)
It is not necessary to prove that the wager being acknowledged relates to any particular event or contingency.
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